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08-19-2005, 09:44 PM
Police working nearly around the clock in Broad Creek murder
Police tape marks off the Broad Creek home of Dawn Arlene Cowart, 43, who was found dead from multiple stab wounds Monday morning.
(Cheryl Burke photo)
BY ERIC STEINKOPFFhttp://www.carteretnewstimes.com/819housemurder.jpg
NEWS-TIMES
BROAD CREEK — Sheriff’s deputies are working nearly around the clock investigating the stabbing death of an area woman killed in her home earlier this week.
Dawn Arlene Cowart, 43, of 112 Sound Boulevard in the Broad Creek area was last seen on a Wal-Mart security video around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
When she did not show up for work as an administrative assistant at an Alan Shelor Real Estate in Atlantic Beach early Monday, co-workers visited her home.
There they found her dead body around 1 p.m. and called Sheriff’s deputies who have been interviewing people and looking for clues ever since.
According to Chief Detective Maj. Frank Galizia, they have eliminated some potential suspects with the help of a traditional lie detector test.
They typically get the assistance from a N.C. State Bureau of Investigation polygraph specialist during their interrogations.
Earlier this week, officers said Ms. Cowart was stabbed multiple times in the face, neck and upper torso.
According to a Sheriff’s report, the incident is being investigated as a homicide and the suspect attacked Ms. Cowart by cutting her throat with a sharp object.
Following an autopsy Tuesday afternoon, officers said the medical examiner determined the preliminary cause of death as massive bleeding from multiple stab wounds, but they must wait for a toxicology report from a Raleigh lab and that usually takes several months.
They have yet to release whether some of the items they took into evidence from the home might include the murder weapon or if there were signs of drugs or alcohol at the scene.
Officers have, however, said there was no evidence of forced entry at the doors and windows and there was no evidence of rape.
At this point they are continuing to cross-reference stories and alibis to confirm or refute as many as possible, but have yet to release how many people have been interviewed or if they have narrowed the focus of their investigation.
The two other murders in the county this year include the missing persons case from Craven County of Mathew Wayne Inserra, 24, of Havelock, who was last seen April 3 until his decomposed body turned up in the Croatan Forest off Nine Mile Road in May. Mr. Inserra had special needs, didn’t drive and needed to be cared for by others. His murder remains unsolved and Havelock police are still looking for his killer. To report information on that case call Capt. William Dodson at 447-3212.
In May deputies said Lloyd Benjamin Hyman Jr., 21, of East 10th Street in Greenville came to the home of Isaac "Ike" Nathaniel Simmons, 27, of Roberts Road, Lighthouse Way Mobile Home Park in Newport. Officers said that they argued about drugs before Mr. Hyman fired several rounds of bird shot from a 12-gauge shotgun into Mr. Simmons’ stomach and lower torso.
Mr. Simmons later died of his wounds and Mr. Hyman was charged in the death, but he hid in a nearby swamp, became trapped in the mud and later died of exposure.
Officers asked that anyone with information Ms. Cowart’s murder please call them at 504-4800.
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Police tape marks off the Broad Creek home of Dawn Arlene Cowart, 43, who was found dead from multiple stab wounds Monday morning.
(Cheryl Burke photo)
BY ERIC STEINKOPFFhttp://www.carteretnewstimes.com/819housemurder.jpg
NEWS-TIMES
BROAD CREEK — Sheriff’s deputies are working nearly around the clock investigating the stabbing death of an area woman killed in her home earlier this week.
Dawn Arlene Cowart, 43, of 112 Sound Boulevard in the Broad Creek area was last seen on a Wal-Mart security video around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
When she did not show up for work as an administrative assistant at an Alan Shelor Real Estate in Atlantic Beach early Monday, co-workers visited her home.
There they found her dead body around 1 p.m. and called Sheriff’s deputies who have been interviewing people and looking for clues ever since.
According to Chief Detective Maj. Frank Galizia, they have eliminated some potential suspects with the help of a traditional lie detector test.
They typically get the assistance from a N.C. State Bureau of Investigation polygraph specialist during their interrogations.
Earlier this week, officers said Ms. Cowart was stabbed multiple times in the face, neck and upper torso.
According to a Sheriff’s report, the incident is being investigated as a homicide and the suspect attacked Ms. Cowart by cutting her throat with a sharp object.
Following an autopsy Tuesday afternoon, officers said the medical examiner determined the preliminary cause of death as massive bleeding from multiple stab wounds, but they must wait for a toxicology report from a Raleigh lab and that usually takes several months.
They have yet to release whether some of the items they took into evidence from the home might include the murder weapon or if there were signs of drugs or alcohol at the scene.
Officers have, however, said there was no evidence of forced entry at the doors and windows and there was no evidence of rape.
At this point they are continuing to cross-reference stories and alibis to confirm or refute as many as possible, but have yet to release how many people have been interviewed or if they have narrowed the focus of their investigation.
The two other murders in the county this year include the missing persons case from Craven County of Mathew Wayne Inserra, 24, of Havelock, who was last seen April 3 until his decomposed body turned up in the Croatan Forest off Nine Mile Road in May. Mr. Inserra had special needs, didn’t drive and needed to be cared for by others. His murder remains unsolved and Havelock police are still looking for his killer. To report information on that case call Capt. William Dodson at 447-3212.
In May deputies said Lloyd Benjamin Hyman Jr., 21, of East 10th Street in Greenville came to the home of Isaac "Ike" Nathaniel Simmons, 27, of Roberts Road, Lighthouse Way Mobile Home Park in Newport. Officers said that they argued about drugs before Mr. Hyman fired several rounds of bird shot from a 12-gauge shotgun into Mr. Simmons’ stomach and lower torso.
Mr. Simmons later died of his wounds and Mr. Hyman was charged in the death, but he hid in a nearby swamp, became trapped in the mud and later died of exposure.
Officers asked that anyone with information Ms. Cowart’s murder please call them at 504-4800.
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